Sword is actually really fun to use. In newer games, kirby even has an uppercut attack. Sword is also very helpful against normal foes and bosses. This thing helped me beat Magolor and Marx! - Mewbosses

The most classic, and fun ability to use.

Always loved this one. It's so helpful just in normal levels with lots of enemies

In Kirby's Adventure, you can break the game with this. Get it under the waterfall in stage one, when you lose it or can't go on with it (LADDERS) but you just go back to stage one and get it again. It's fun, but do it after you beat the game normally. But those ladders man...they just ruin the fun...stupid pile of wood...

If Smash is the ultimate overall power, UFO is the king of ranged attacks. 4 levels of attack that are charged simply by holding down the button: a rotating spark-whip like Beam's attack, a laser shot that rebounds off of inclines, a standard projectile that moves quickly, and a devastating power blast that passes through walls and hits multiple enemies in a row. The ability to levitate freely is just icing on the cake.

It returns in Kirby: Planet Robobot alongside Smash, but it requires the Kirby amiibo in order to use it on the fly.

Yeah but not able to be accessed most of the time

You can fly for as long as you want, and you have a wide variety of many different powerful attacks. It's so OP that you need an amibo to use it in Kirby Planet Robobot, which is truly saying something. The U.F.O ability is no joke.

The proof is in the name. Fighter is a master of the battlefield, with lightning-fast combos and power strikes that can devastate any number of enemies in the span of a few seconds. Rising Break, Smash Punch, and Mega Force Blast rank among the most deadly attacks in the game, and mastering all of them puts Fighter in a class of its own.

It isn't perfect, however. As the name indicates, Fighter is for fighting, and its abilities are near-useless when dealing with puzzles. Wood stumps, metal blocks, elemental obstacles, the various obstacles throughout Kirby games are a thorn in Fighter's side. Truly, it has exchanged all situational uses in exchange for raw power.

It's an ability with some of the best and most satisfying attacks. it's power is almost unrivaled, yet never cheap or overpowered. it can obliterate enemies, yet require skill. it can be your best friend, yet be the complex to cooperate with. it's fighter, and it truly is what it says it is. a fighter needs skill in order to be super effective. and this stands true even for a ability in a game where your character is over powered as can possibly be.

Be far the most versatile move, has high damage, a ranged attack, and lots moves w/ invincibility. Also, chaining uppercuts (up + attack) will melt through even the hardest of bosses.

This is the BEST and OP ability in Kirby games, you will be invincible to any attack in tornado form, it deals great damage, and it makes the arena and true arena a cakewalk. I used it to beat ALL bosses in squeak squad and Return to Dreamland like they were nothing! This should have been included in the earlier games...

It's like wheel, except than you can use it in the air, it haves a way better invincibility frame and it's the most OP power in the arena. Its good in battle and during level, so its clearly the best power-ups ( except if you don't when its too easy). And it looks very cool!

Now, THIS is my main ability. The King doesn't choose this one for nothing. It's dash attack and drill attack cause complete invincibility, and the hammer flip is insanely tough. Hammer has helped me through all the True Arenas. - Garythesnail

Rapid attacking, OP, and a ground moving move that makes you invincible and moves a good distance AND that you can control the distance of makes this the most deadly of kirby's arsenal once you know what you are doing.

Hammer is perhaps my most favorite Kirby Copy Ability! Come on, a lot of the Hammer move set deals a ton of damage to enemies and are practically OP. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

Hammer flip is insanely powerful and hammer spin allows you ti spin through boss' attacks and not take damage

Why not love it? Fun, crazy, actually is fast compared to kirby sprinting, good for slaying enemies, it's downfall is driving and jumping being it's only moves and can sometimes not be good when you don't know what's ahead, but still very crazy and fun!

Awesome you can actually ride on the helper deserves second first is sword

This is simply the best in my opinion. It has so many unique and fluid attacks. I love the continuous automatic round of mirrors he emits (great for keeping several enemies back or even deflecting projectiles); it's short range but very effective. Next is the special dash that mirror Kirby performs; it'a just super fast, powerful, and easy to do one you get the hang of it. Lastly, the force field renders Kirby nearly invincible to enemies and projectiles. I have beaten some bosses by doing nothing more than just going in this force field and doing nothing more, it defects projectiles right back at the boss and never loses charge.

Reflects Enemy attacks back at your opponents, Constant stream of mirrors, The split attack that hits in front and behind you, and a SHIELD that takes NO chip damage * I don't know of any other shield in kirby that does this* and you have the most powerful Copy ability in Super star

Mirror allows you to deflect objects back at your opponent. The mirrors he emits hold back larger enemies and do a good amount of damage. The dash move is amazing, because you can use it to avoid enemies as well as attacking them

Give a cute pink butt kicking derp a cute umbrella with a star on its tip, and you will kick WAY more butt. I like to use this in Kirby Fighters because it can be used in horizontal or vertical situations.

The more I use this ability the more I like it. Can destroy bosses if you can sit under them. - tyre74

Are you kidding me! This copy ability is really bad on bosses, and slows down your float to!

I just adore the quirkiness of using a Parasol as a weapon :D + I also enjoy the defensive playstyle that it carries as well!

The Contenders

11YoYo

While Hammer has the best damage output and Wheel can glitch into an invulnerable brake in SuperStar, YoYo can do insane damage with its upward spin attack, cover a lot of ground with its side spin attack, and reach switches and enemies that are usually out of reach in more directions than Beam. It takes skill but it's the most fun and rewarding ability. Rock is a close second, but it takes a patient playstyle, especially against bosses. Invincible but inactive versus fast and loose? I'll take YoYo any day.

Yo-Yo is a very strong ability. It has very good mobility in its dash attack, and can hit enemies THROUGH WALLS.

I'll admit that yo-yo isn't overall useful in the games, but it is super fun to play with.

I beat the arena in 15 minutes with this. Well timed crouching and shooting are (as I think) amazing together. In Kirby Planet Robobot, the only time I failed in the true arena was when I was fighting the last boss, which didn't use your copy ability. Everything else in the true arena was taken care of in about 17 minutes. No offense to anybody, but I think this should be higher on the list.

Extremely broken, You can crouch AND attack; crouching makes you invulnerable to just about ANYTHING!

Easily one of the more versatile copy abilities to date, water has plenty of moves to keep beginners entertained and seasoned pros challenged to perform. All the while water manages to be one of the coolest looking, most effective, and just all around fun to use copy abilities in Kirby's arsenal.

Extremely versatile and one of the best abilities. A floating overhead attack, a very powerful dashing surf that gives Wheel a run for its money, a geyser that annihilates overhead enemies, and enhanced underwater abilities makes this power as varied and effective as Fire or Ice, perhaps even more than them.

This one is awesome; It's sad it hasn't returned (yet). Here's a challenge: Try completing the stage using the water geyser only to move.

Mattstatt, it was highly buffed in newer games... it was merged with plasma, before then it was just a crummy Ice ripoff with only the shield

Spark is awesome because you can protect and attack at the same time! You cann also protect while powering up for a giant spark blast!

Spark was SEVERELY nerfed in the newer games. - mattstat716

16Magic

Magic is one of the most overlooked abilities in the series, and it absolutely begs for a return. The dove attack has a fantastic range, the throwing cards are among the best projectiles in the game next to the Ninja's weaponry, and the jack-in-the-box is NIGHTMARISHLY strong, comparable to the attacks of the Hammer power. Perhaps its overwhelming power is the reason that it has only appeared in a single game, because in terms of effectiveness it is only beneath monsters like UFO and Smash.

In Squeak Squad, Magic gains a wide variety of attacks, moves, and abilities. It can cut ropes, pound stakes, fire doves, and much, much, much more!

Magic had... well... very few attacks and not great. Shame it didn't return. - mattstat716

Magic is the best because I got the UFO ability after using it.It can give you any ability.Icluding smash and UFO! It can give you any of your favorite ability.

17Double-Bladed Laser Sword

The only power-up where Kirby becomes a Jedi! - Anuban

Kirby... May the force be with you!

Do 64's abilities count? - mattstat716

18Fire

its okay

19Fireworks

It's the Fourth of July soon!

Is this an ability? It'd be cute to see him have fireworks on his head. - mattstat716

20Suplex

I like suplex because there are so many ways to throw enemies! It also cause's GREAT damage when one enemy lands onto another after throwing it!

I love it when kirby grabs an enemy and starts kicking it

Also this works with any boss or enemy

Invincibility frames, high damage, and EPIC animations. What more can you ask for?

Leaf is probably one of the most versatile abilities out there. You can throw sharp leaves at the ground, summon a powerful leaf tornado to fly through enemies, cause a pillar of leaves to appear and deal a hecktric ton of damage, and even hide in an almost completely onvincible shield. While not as quick as Archer and not as strong as Yo-yo, Leaf is still super useful in multitudes of occasions and has helped me too on a ton of boss fights.

Leaf can be just as invincible as stone, and leaf uppercut does a decent amount of damage.

Whip is amazing because of rapidly whipping and far range attacking. can also be used to grab stuff and can also be used as a short ranged attack. Try kirby's 20th aniversary and on the 2nd land one of the forms is whip. Also try out smash, leaf, fighter, wing, sword, and tornado for rapid attacks and great and powerful powers of kirby. Probably in my opinion #10 or #9 in best kirby forms of all time. This should be at least in my opinion #10 on THIS list so please vote for that awesome whip kirby. - rexprice4

THE BEST copy ability is this, not only do you get to change into a cowboy but you get an AMAZING amount of power. And that whip tornado, well, you know what happens

Whip's not THAT fun, to be honest...

I mean... it's fine, but... really? - mattstat716

25Master

'Sure its only in one game, but why on Earth is this lower than Sword? It's near identical to sword but has more moves such as an upward stab and a sword wave, as well as being able to break Hard Blocks, light fuses, pound Pegs, AND cut ropes. This is definitely VERY close to Smash in being the best ability.

Even if it is restricted to only one game, it is by far the most fun ability.

Woah woah woah, everyone stop and look this power up and then come back and vote. It’s by far the strongest ability, it can even be used for puzzles/stage obstacles so it’s definitely better than sword with more dmg and more moves and range. Why is it 26!?

Beetle is a disgustingly strong ability in the same vein as Hammer and Tornado. It possesses a highly varied and efficient arsenal that includes a multislash combo, a dashing slice attack, upward and downward horn drill maneuvers, and the throw attacks of the Suplex ability from Super Star. What makes Beetle so effective is the extreme quickness of its attacks combined with the invincibility frames that many of them create; you can demolish enemies in seconds without ever being open to take damage.

Here's an empirical example of how strong Beetle is in comparison to other melee powers: when it was introduced in Kirby Fighters, its attacks were given startup lag and lower invincibility frames. It had to be severely nerfed in order to avoid becoming THE most dominant power in that game, in an environment that contains such powerhouses as Fighter, Hammer and Bell.

Beetle is hands down, my favorite Copy Ability. It is Incredible in Melee attacks and solves quite a few puzzles. It also has a very cool Hat, probably my 2nd favorite hat in the game (Next to Mike) And overall a powerhouse in every way - ChiefMudkip

Holy crap dis ability is so OP and is returning in Battle Royal.

Fun for me. a good combination of abilities. also triple deluxe's resident grabbing ability and what bugzzy would give if had been in triple deluxe. - Villainnumberone

Crushing enemies is already awesome, and you can be so many statue things, but the best part about it is that once you turn into a stone, you are INVINCIBLE! That's awesome. Which is why I always use it. Well, ALMOST always. But anyway, it's awesome.

Prove me stone ability is used for beginners because pressing the attack button will turn you into stone. All enemies will not attack you

This power was boring until Kirby 64 gave you GOLEM KIRBY. And in Return to Dream Land and Triple Deluxe you can ROCK UPPERCUT.

This ability is not that bad.It can actually shatter bosses if you nail a jump + grab into them. You're literally INVULNERABLE, you DECIMATE them, and then you have Pinpoint Kick. Just... pinpoint kick.BACKDROP, however... - mattstat716

34Ultra Sword

Even though its not available very often and lasts for a limited time its super strong, amazing to watch, and destroys everything it hits.

IT IS AMAZINGLY STRONG!

35Mike

Usually the stuff I vote for is at least in the top 10, and I actually expected this to be #1, it is very classic... and definitely one of the best, maybe not the best, because you can only use it three times then its gone, but still I believe it to be the best... I mean #1 is smash... Whats smash? Some of you new Kirby players probably think I'm insane but serouisly... What is smash? I really only play old-school Kirby games (Like Kirby and the amazing mirror and Kirby's nightmare in dreamland) But still this is only #25?! At least make it in the top ten! NOW I'm RIGHTING IN CAPS LOCK SO YOU PEOPLE WHO don't EVEN READ COMMENTS USALLY (like me) WILL READ IT! IF YOU JUST READ IT WITHOUT NOTICING THE CAPS LOCK GOOD FOR YOU... That was a long message

... Sir, you play amazing mirror, yet have never used Smash? Sure, you 100% played that game. - mattstat716

I love Mike! He's so cute and loves singing! Just like me! Except he's cuter! He is so powerful too! He can blast sound waves and make a building collapse!

I love Mike's voice! He is so cute and powerful! To me, Mike should be #1! Come on people out there! Don't you think Mike is a cutie? Vote for him!

Beam is always my main in Return to Dreamland, has so many useful attacks, and can function as a ranged weapon, a shield, and a melee weapon (multiple moves for each use except shield). I don't understand why Beam isn't even close to on the list when it is so perfectly well rounded.

Needle and spark are both really good defensive attacks and they can be used offensively as well.

JUST AWESOMEIT'S LIKE A MILLION YEAR LONG ORGASM

This ability was a bit meh... Until Kirby's RtD! Now you can throw spikes in all directons! Awesome with bosses and really fun to use. It was really sad that it wasn't in Kirby Planet Robobot... Do you prefer "Circus" over the best ability EVER?!

39Missile

40ESP

This is such an amazing ability, psychic balls of doom, absolutely impeccable range and power. What's not to love?! Not to mention ' teleportation to add to your arsenal.

It's got a giant ball of death, teleportation, and a Ness hat, what more do you want, yeah flying powers too.

Teleporting, relatively safe damage (floating while basic attack), what more do you want!

In kirby planet robobot the boss of the 2nd stage can be beaten by smamming tk shift any abillity that can move a projectile across the screen and through objects? I don't think so

Very usable in a verity of situations, including digging. Tell me anoughther that can do that! Even if it was only in squeak squad, I still love it. Besides, Kirby turns in to a wolf, HOW AWESOME IS THAT FOR YOU?

43Ice

OP in Return to Dreamland, and just really fun to use.

Makes your enemies freeze into ice cubes

Ice ice baby

Ice best abilitie becouse you can freeze enemys with it and in star allies you can make blizzard abilities

44Cutter

*sob* why isn't this top 10? *sob*

Cutter is fun an it actually has range suck ice you suck but I love staff ability

45Hi-Jump

I've only seen hi-jump in Kirby's nightmare in dreamland... I like when I get it because I believe it to be pretty rare... sure it isn't that good but whatever, Its not like I voted for it, (I voted for Mike) Oh yeah and I also saw it in Kirby Amazing Mirror when you fight Krackos

I hate Hi-jump I think it's boring. -_-

I've seen him hi-jump in Kirby's Adventure

It was merged into Jet. Charge up to max, press A, then press A again. Voilah. Hi-Jump. - mattstat716

I have very fond memories of refrigerator. In fact, I remember being very excited the first time I discovered that it was even possible to do. I was experimenting with different combinations and thought, "Hey, I wonder what Spark and Ice makes." Behold, it made Fridge. It made so much sense; and to top it all off, you can actually produce food with it to gain health. IT'S AMAZING! - surgeonsanic

48Robobot Armor

Very good against hordes of enemies especially with the right power up on it

Seriously. This thing is OP it contains ALL the abilities you want. - Super64Mario

49Hypernova

Hypernova Kirby I feel deserved to be this low as it is used way more times in Triple Deluxe than it deserves to to the point where... it's nothing special in my eyes bus just a gimmick.

This rainbow colored Kirby inhales nearly everything.

Hypernova Kirby is like yoshi but he eats more - KomaDan

Yeah, this was not as bad as the Robobot Suit.

The armor felt as gimmicky as this, but at least this didn't take up ALL THE STAGES. - mattstat716